WorksheetsCh. 4 - Progressives and the Spanish/American War
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Rural living refers to:
a)
Living in the country
b)
Living just outside a crowded city
c)
Living in the city
d)
Living in another country
2.
Agriculture is another word for:
a)
Muckrakers
b)
Immigrants
c)
Farming
d)
Migrants
3.
What did Theodore Roosevelt promise in his Square Deal? Select ALL that apply.
a)
Control Corporations
b)
Conserve Natural Resources
c)
Protect Consumers
d)
End Child Labor
4.
Investigative journalists who exposed corruption, filthy conditions at food-processing plants, and slave-like treatment of labor by business owners.
a)
Political Machines
b)
Scandals
c)
Muckrakers
d)
Robber Barons
5.
Why did farmers in rural areas sell their farms and move to urban areas?
a)
Equipment was too poor to farm.
b)
Wanted to find better job opportunities in the factories.
c)
It was illegal to plant cotton anymore.
d)
China could farm the land more efficiently than Americans.
6.
Urban living refers to:
a)
Living in the country
b)
Living just outside a crowded city
c)
Living in the city
d)
Living in another country
7.
Which Amendment to the Constitution was passed during the progressive era (1920) giving women the right to vote?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
8.
Which Amendment to the Constitution was passed during the progressive era allowing the federal government to collect an income tax from all citizens?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
9.
Which Amendment to the Constitution was passed during the progressive era prohibited (outlawed) the production, sale, and use of alcohol?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
10.
Which Amendment to the Constitution was passed during the progressive era required US Senators to be elected by popular vote?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
11.
Who organized a boycott against using streetcars in Chattanooga and wrote articles in his newspaper, the Weekly Blade, against Jim Crow laws?
a)
W.E.B. Dubois
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
Randolph Miller
d)
George Washington Carver
12.
Which reformer demanded full participation for blacks in society (political rights and economic opportunities) and organized the NAACP?
a)
W.E.B. DuBois
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
Randolph Miller
d)
George Washington Carver
13.
Which reformer thought blacks should work to gain economic power by learning a trade?
a)
W.E.B. DuBois
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
Randolph Miller
d)
George Washington Carver
14.
Which reformer spoke out against lynchings, racial injustice, and violence through a newspaper?
a)
The Grimke Sisters
b)
Harriett Tubman
c)
Ida B. Wells
d)
Clara Barton
15.
What were the goals of the progressive era in the early 1900's? Select ALL that apply.
a)
Give business owners more power
b)
Reform government
c)
Improve society
d)
Require education
16.
Crime, dishonesty, depleting natural resources, pollution, people no longer have to make goods themselves, and poor working conditions all describe what?
a)
Scandals in the early 20th Century
b)
Industrialization in the early 20th Century
c)
Political Machines in the early 20th Century
d)
Robber Barons in the early 20th Century
17.
A monopoly is:
a)
A game
b)
Fair competition between businesses of an industry.
c)
Business owner who has great control over an entire industry.
d)
A political deal where people are given money under the table.
18.
What did the Sherman Anti-trust act do?
a)
Started national parks
b)
Required better food safety
c)
Made monopolies and trusts illegal
d)
Ensured better working conditions
19.
The treatment of blacks during the progressive era:
a)
Improved
b)
Worsened
c)
Remained the same
d)
Wasn't an issue
20.
The idea that a country can increase its power by taking control of or influencing weaker countries is called:
a)
Imperialism
b)
Instructionalism
c)
Constructivism
d)
Idealism
21.
What was the main cause of the Spanish-American War?
a)
United States wanted gold in South America.
b)
United States wanted the rights to several Caribbean Islands.
c)
Mexico wanted rights to Florida.
d)
The United States wanted to help Cuba gain its independence from Spain.
22.
As a result of the Spanish-American War, what other countries would the U.S. take control of?
a)
Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands
b)
Vietnam, Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands
c)
Guan, Vietnam, Philippine Islands
d)
Guam, Puerto Rico, Vietnam
23.
A tactic (ploy) by newspapers to increase readership in the early 1900's by over-sensationalizing and exaggerating (stretching the truth) stories was called:
a)
Fake News
b)
Yellow Fever
c)
Lying
d)
Yellow Journalism
24.
How did the bombing of the USS Maine contribute to the start of the Spanish-American War?
a)
Tensions between the United States and Cuba were high, so most Americans blamed Cuba.
b)
Spain was blaming the United States for the bombing of the USS Maine.
c)
Tensions between the United States and Spain were high, so most Americans blamed Spain.
d)
Cuba and Spain admitted to bombing the USS Maine.
25.
Men from all walks of life and ages that led a brave charge up a steep hill and cleared the way for other American soldiers to win a battle in the Spanish-American War.
a)
Rouge Riders
b)
Rhino Riders
c)
Rough Riders
d)
Radical Republicans
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